Shirt-waist and skirt supporter.



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SHIRT WAIsT AND SKIRT sUPPoRTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 31, 1902.

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PATENTED NOV. 3, 1903.

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-UNITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ALVAH WILTSEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,945, dated November3, 1 903.

Application filed December 31, 1902. Serial No. 137,319. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.:

Beit known that I, A LvAH WILTsEY, a citizen of the United States,vand aresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Shirt-Waist and Skirt Supporter, of which the fol-l lowing is a full, clear,and exact description.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a device especially adaptedfor holding a shirt-waist in position at the waist-line of the wearerand likewise the waistband to the skirt, preventing the former fromriding up and the latter from dropping'down, and to so construct thedevice that it can be conveniently held in position and manipulated andso that a belt can be connected therewith, which belt when tightenedaround the person will automatically cause the clamping members of thedevice to fasten themselves upon and hold the parts introduced withoutdamage to said parts.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theVseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the device in position upon the waist ofthe wearer, illustrating its application, the shirt-waist at thewaist-line being broken away and the skirt at the placket-opening open.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device in open position. Fig. 3 is avertical section through the device in locking position and likewise asection through the portion of the shirt-waist and skirt with which thedevice is in engagement.

The body A of the device is preferably made ot spring metal and iselongated, being of substantially rectangular shape and of greaterlength than width. A tongue 10 is struck out from the bodyA, the tongueremaining in connection with the lower portion of the body, as is shownin Fig. 2, forming thereby an opening 11 in the body, in which thetongue may enter when the device is at rest or is in operation, and atthe upper end of the tongue l0 a serrated or toothed liange 12 isformed, directed horizontally in an outward direction, beingconsequently at an angle to the body portion of the said tongue, as isalso best shown in Fig. 2. This tongue 10 at its upper portion isattached to a curved plate 13, adapted to it to the central back portionof the wearer, and the said plate 13 serves to limit the outwardmovement of the said tongue 10. This plate 13 is provided with one ormore slots 14 at each end, and a band 15 is threaded through the saidslots and inthe application of the device is carried around the waistand is tied or otherwise secured at the front of the wearer, the body Aof the device being then in a vertical position at the central backportion of the wearer, as is shown in Fig. 1.

An auxiliary clamping-section B is hinged or pivoted to the upperportion of the body A, which upper portion of the body extends above theupper edge of the plate 13, and the said auxiliary clamping-section B inoperation is adapted to fold or drop down upon the outer .face ofthe'body A and is preferably of a width corresponding to the width ofsaid body A. TheV auxiliary clampingsection B at its free end isprovided with a toothed or serrated tlange 15a, which entends,preferably, at a right angle from the inner or front face of the saidauxiliary clamping-section B, and said flange when the clampingsectionis in operating position extends in direction of the front of the wearerof the device. This clamping-section B is also provided withlongitudinal slots 16 near its side edges, and through these slots abelt 17 is passed, as is shown in Fig. 1.l

In the operation of the device it is secured at the back of the wearerby means of the aforesaid band 15, occupying the central rear positionshown in Fig. l. The body A is then drawn outward from the tongue 10,and the skirt of the shirt-waist is introduced in the space between thebody and the tongue, thereby being brought in engagement with theserrated or toothed liange 12 of the tongue. At this time'the auxiliaryclamping-section B is in an upper position, so that the waistband of theskirt after it has been properly fastened around the waist of the wearercan be brought to an engagement with the upper outside portion of thebody A, at which time the auxiliary clamping-section B is carried IOOdownward over the body-section A to an engagement with the waistband otthe skirt, and the belt 17 is then carried around to the front of thewearer and buckled or otherwise secured at its ends. It is evident thatas tension is exerted upon the belt 17 the toothed flange 12 will bemore and more firmly placed to grip the shirt-waist and hold it inposition between the tongue and the body and that the toothed orserrated flange 152M ofthe auxiliary clampingsection B will also moretightly grip the waistband and hold it in engagement with the outer faceof the body, and as the two flanges 12 and l5a in the operation of thedevice extend in opposite directions a firm and steadfast grip isobtained without danger of mutilating the material gripped. It is alsoevident that when the device is applied nothing remains visible but thatportion of the auxiliary section exposed by the passage of the belt 17through it.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A shirt-waist and skirt supporter, consisting of abody, a tongue adapted .to enter the said body and connected therewith,the said tongue having teeth formed thereon, and an auxiliary clampingmember hinged to the body and having teeth at its free end extending indirection of the teeth of the tongue, as described.

2. A shirt-waist and skirt supporter, consisting of a body having anopening therein, a spring-tongue connected with the body and having playin the said opening, which tongue is provided at its upper end with anoutwardly-extending toothed flange, and an auxiliary clampingsectionhinged to the upper portion of the body, provided with a toothed flangeat its free end, extending in a forward direction or in direction of thesaid tongue, as and for the purpose specified.

3. ,A shirt-waist and skirt supporter consisting of a slotted body, aspring-tongue connected with the body and adapted to enter the slottherein from the front, the said tongue being provided with ahorizontally-toothed flange at its upper end, extending rearwardly, anda slotted auxiliary clamping member provided with a toothed flange atvits front end, vextending in a reverse direction to the toothed vflangeof the said tongue, as described.

4. Ashirt-waist and skirt supporter, consisting of a slotted body, aspring-tongue connected with the body and adapted to enter the slottherein from the front, the said tongue being provided 'with ahorizontal toothed flange at its upper end, extending rearwardly, and aslotted auxiliary clamping member provided with a toothed flange at itsfront end extending i'n a reverse direction to the toothed flange of thesaid tongue, a plate adapted to the waist of the wearer, secured to theforward face of the said tongue and extending beyond its'side edges, anda band connected with the said plate, whereby to secure the de- Viceupon the person of the wearer, as specied.

5. A shirt-waist and skirt supporter, cousisting of a body, a tongueadapted to enter the said body,the tongue having a roughened surfaceformed thereon, a support for the tongue, an auxiliary clamping member,and a support to which the auxiliary clamping member is hinged, the saidmember being provided with a roughened surface at its free end,extending in direction of the roughened surface of the tongue, asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have Signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALVAH WILTSEY.

Witnesses:

J. A. LATIMER, HERBERT G. LATIMER.

